12.05.2013

Isn't there some Seseme Street character called Big Chicken?

The Obama Administration's Meaty Gift to Big Chicken | Mother Jones

Remember the proposal that Obama's US Department of Agriculture has been pushing since spring 2012, the one that would speed up kill lines in poultry slaughterhouses while simultaneously slashing the number of federal inspectors who oversee them? As I've reported before, the plan involves a unleashing a barrage of antimicrobial sprays onto chicken carcasses as they zip down the line.

Meanwhile, yum!

Oh, and also:

…"government agencies have not conducted independent research into the possible side effects on consumers of using the chemicals," Kindy reports.

In case you were wondering.

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